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what did the white house press second say about this. >> jack lew is the chief of staffed has served in a critical role for on this administration as director of the office of management and budget. a well known figure both here at the white house and throughout washington for the past four years. for more, here is jay carney. >> i would simply say that the president is obviously engaged in a process that will lead to decisions on who should fill posted or vacant. as was in the case this week with the defense department and c.i.a. and prior to that the state department, he will make announcements when he has made a decision. >> that would be press secretary 101, do not get out ahead of the president of the united states but all sources say jack lew will be named treasury-secretary. >> shep: what are they saying about the past clashes with lew and process in general? >> i talked to jeff sessions moments ago. he said that he is troubled by the jack lew selection because he feels like lew has been too close to the political people inside the white house. he has not been independent from
what did the white house press second say about this. >> jack lew is the chief of staffed has served in a critical role for on this administration as director of the office of management and budget. a well known figure both here at the white house and throughout washington for the past four years. for more, here is jay carney. >> i would simply say that the president is obviously engaged in a process that will lead to decisions on who should fill posted or vacant. as was in the case...
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so who is jack lew and what would he do at the treasury department? that is next. >>> plus, the breaking news of aig's decision not to sue the government over its bailout. ali velshi has a lot to say. he's back and he's next. pack your bags, we'll leave tonight. uhh, it's next month, actually... eddie continues singing: to tickets to... paradiiiiiise! no four. remember? whoooa whooaa whooo! you know ronny, folks who save hundreds of dollars by switching to geico sure are happy. and how happy are they jimmy? happier than eddie money running a travel agency. get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. >>> things are looking up for the u.s. economy. let's hope our politicians don't bring it down. from the cnn money newsroom, in new york, i'm ali velshi. this is your money. walmart reverses itself on gun violence meeting. do you know who jack lew is? you will soon. more nightmares on the dreamliner. and america is on track to prosper if we just let it. but, first, that walmart story. the change of heart. vice president jo
so who is jack lew and what would he do at the treasury department? that is next. >>> plus, the breaking news of aig's decision not to sue the government over its bailout. ali velshi has a lot to say. he's back and he's next. pack your bags, we'll leave tonight. uhh, it's next month, actually... eddie continues singing: to tickets to... paradiiiiiise! no four. remember? whoooa whooaa whooo! you know ronny, folks who save hundreds of dollars by switching to geico sure are happy. and how...
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continue tim's work at treasury than jack lew. >> jack lew is very partisan, he's very political. >> he already has some strong opposition especially from the top lawmaker on the senate budget committee jeff sessions. you can't have somebody-- >> i trust his judgment, value his friendship, i know very few people get greater integrity than the man to my left. >> jack lew and the president don't think that spending is the problem. wasteful government spending is the problem. >> prosecutors say arias had one last tryst with travis alexander, killed him in a ferocious gun and knife attack. it's not a case of whodunit. it's a case of kill or be killed. if i didn't kill him, i myself would be killed. >> it's hard to play the victim of terrorism, when you've shot the guy in the head and slashed him or slashed him and then shot him in the head. >> and junior saey, doctors reveal-- >> junior suffered from chronic brain damage. severe brain damage, all the concussions, he suffered damage to his very brain cells. >> the latest on the disappearance of luxury fashion mogul vittorio missoni. >> an
continue tim's work at treasury than jack lew. >> jack lew is very partisan, he's very political. >> he already has some strong opposition especially from the top lawmaker on the senate budget committee jeff sessions. you can't have somebody-- >> i trust his judgment, value his friendship, i know very few people get greater integrity than the man to my left. >> jack lew and the president don't think that spending is the problem. wasteful government spending is the...
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professor black, your assessment of jack lew? >> on financial matters, jack lew has been a failure of pretty epic proportions. he gets promoted precisely because he is willing to be a failure, and is a useful to wall street interests. so you have mentioned two of the things in terms of most important and most destructive deregulation under president clinton by statute. but he was also there for much of the regulation by rule and strong proponent of it, and he was there for much of the cutting of staff, for example, the fdic lost three-quarters of its staff and a huge loss began under clinton. and the whole reinventing government, lou was a strong supporter of that. we were taught, instructed by washington that we were to refer to banks as our clients and our role as regulators, and to think of them as clients. he goes from there to wall street where he was a complete failure. you noted that part of what citicorp did was a bet that housing would fall. that is one of their winning bets. the action made a bunch of losing bets as wel
professor black, your assessment of jack lew? >> on financial matters, jack lew has been a failure of pretty epic proportions. he gets promoted precisely because he is willing to be a failure, and is a useful to wall street interests. so you have mentioned two of the things in terms of most important and most destructive deregulation under president clinton by statute. but he was also there for much of the regulation by rule and strong proponent of it, and he was there for much of the...
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. >> up next, jack lew treasury secretary. i don't think they're going to mint the twin dollar coin. if that do they will put a squiggly on top and squall -- call it a day. ÷÷ >> shepard: 14 minutes before the hour now on "studio b." the president nominating his current chief of staff, jack lew, to replace tim geithner. before jack lew joined the white house administration he served as the chief operating officer of citigroup's global wealth management and served as president bill clinton's budget director and crafted a bipartisan agreement that sparked budget surpluses. the president said the loss of jack lew as his chief of staff will be the country's gain. >> i trust his friendship, very few people with greater integrity than the man to my left. so i don't want to see him go because it's working out well for me to have him here in the white house. >> shepard: but he already had some strong opposition. especially from the top republican lawmaker, jack session, who said, jack lew must never be secretary of the treasury. w
. >> up next, jack lew treasury secretary. i don't think they're going to mint the twin dollar coin. if that do they will put a squiggly on top and squall -- call it a day. ÷÷ >> shepard: 14 minutes before the hour now on "studio b." the president nominating his current chief of staff, jack lew, to replace tim geithner. before jack lew joined the white house administration he served as the chief operating officer of citigroup's global wealth management and served as...
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kathleen sebelius, arne duncan and a few others. >>> jack lew's signature which looks like a series of loops will be featured on american money, that looks like fun. >>> the french wine lobby in the u.s. is upset about part of the menu at the president's inauguration, because it didn't come from the champagne region of france, they complain the bottles of the inaugural wine should not be called sham pine according to american law. >>> beyonce will sing the national anthem at the ceremony. james taylor will be singing "america the beautiful." >>> walmart which else is the most guns in the u.s., wasn't planning on sending anyone to the meeting at the white house. now a company spokesman said, quote, we underestimated the expectation to attend the meeting on thursday in person so we're sending someone to represent. >>> john kerry joked that his cure for jet lag is listening to one of his speeches. that's your morning dish of "scrambled politics." >>> now a look at the weather we turn to dylan dreyer. >>> we're in the middle of a january thaw here. temperatures above average. we have a lot
kathleen sebelius, arne duncan and a few others. >>> jack lew's signature which looks like a series of loops will be featured on american money, that looks like fun. >>> the french wine lobby in the u.s. is upset about part of the menu at the president's inauguration, because it didn't come from the champagne region of france, they complain the bottles of the inaugural wine should not be called sham pine according to american law. >>> beyonce will sing the national...
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that is not going to be a good enough answer for jack lew. bill: we'll get sessions on the air starting next week. we'll see who else is on his side. stephen hayes, thank you. >> thanks, bill. bill: in washington with us today. martha, what's next? martha: what's next is this. we're waiting for new numbers. they're expected to come out in the next hour or so to the extent of this deadly spread of the flu outbreak and there are some new questions whether enough is being done to protect schools with all this. we'll tell you the length of some schools are going to now to disinfect. bill: more than washing your hand, huh? if you saw a pair of men walking through your neighborhood carrying assault rifles what would you do? two guys exercising their second amendment rights here. >> we were educating, letting people know they can come up and talk to us. we're very friendly, said hi to people. we let people know that guns are not bad things. ♪ [ male announcer ] some day, your life will flash before your eyes. make it worth watcng. introducing the
that is not going to be a good enough answer for jack lew. bill: we'll get sessions on the air starting next week. we'll see who else is on his side. stephen hayes, thank you. >> thanks, bill. bill: in washington with us today. martha, what's next? martha: what's next is this. we're waiting for new numbers. they're expected to come out in the next hour or so to the extent of this deadly spread of the flu outbreak and there are some new questions whether enough is being done to protect...
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i believe in the end jack lew will get confirmed. but i'll tell you this, the reason the white house put off the announcement of jack lew until tomorrow is because of the fiscal cliff. they didn't want it to get involved in the negotiations for the fiscal cliff. they felt that they already had a fight on their hands. they didn't want to add any fuel to the fire on that, which is why they've held off of the nomination until this week. they do expect him to get confirmed and so do i. >> john kerry, secretary of state. we've got a lot of white males, shall we say, chuck hagel, we have pictures up there. jack lew, eric holder is over at the justice department. he's not a white male. he's an african-american. but no women. >> men. men. >> i want to put up another picture of the seen yr staff, if you will. there you you he sue the staff. there's been mur muring that there's not enough women part of this white house, the inner circle. what are folks saying about that? >> the visual you just showed with the four cabinet members being men, th
i believe in the end jack lew will get confirmed. but i'll tell you this, the reason the white house put off the announcement of jack lew until tomorrow is because of the fiscal cliff. they didn't want it to get involved in the negotiations for the fiscal cliff. they felt that they already had a fight on their hands. they didn't want to add any fuel to the fire on that, which is why they've held off of the nomination until this week. they do expect him to get confirmed and so do i. >>...
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what about now with jack lew? brian jacobson chief portfolio strategist at wells fargo joining us now from milwaukee wisconsin. at first look, what do you think? >> well, i think this is an example where we will probably see history not necessarily repeat but it will most likely rhyme with what happened when geithner made his first speech. i'm not all that confident that lew is going to be a good replacement for geithner. i think he's not a very unifying individual. he's more of a polarizing figure. and it makes it more likely that the next two years until the midterm elections that we could see more battles and skirmishes in washington, d.c. as opposed to fewer. dagen: what would you like to see as a stock investor? >> a treasury secretary who is more focused on building compromise. but think the lesson we learned in the debate last year when there was discussion about debt ceiling is that lew is one of these types of individuals who very politically savvy but that doesn't necessarily equate to being a statesman
what about now with jack lew? brian jacobson chief portfolio strategist at wells fargo joining us now from milwaukee wisconsin. at first look, what do you think? >> well, i think this is an example where we will probably see history not necessarily repeat but it will most likely rhyme with what happened when geithner made his first speech. i'm not all that confident that lew is going to be a good replacement for geithner. i think he's not a very unifying individual. he's more of a...
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jack lew, the current white house chief of staff. the nomination not without controversy, as most are not these days. mr. lew's reputation truly precedes him in this case. some in the senate as seeing him overly rigid -- the senate and the house on capitol hill see him overly rigid. wyoming senator john bros. sew is chairman of the foreign policy committee. nice to have you back on the program. >> thank you, jenna. jenna: i was looking at a report from bob woodward, speaker boehner apparently told woodward that he asked the president to keep jack lew at the white house, to not send him to capitol hill because he was tired of hearing the word "no" so many times. what's your reaction to this nomination if. >> well, jack lew is very partisan, and he's very political. but the fundamental problem, jenna, are are the president's policies and the president's addiction to spending. to me, that's the bigger issue. wewe are $16 trillion in debt, t is the greatest threat to our national security, and yet jack lew and the president think that sp
jack lew, the current white house chief of staff. the nomination not without controversy, as most are not these days. mr. lew's reputation truly precedes him in this case. some in the senate as seeing him overly rigid -- the senate and the house on capitol hill see him overly rigid. wyoming senator john bros. sew is chairman of the foreign policy committee. nice to have you back on the program. >> thank you, jenna. jenna: i was looking at a report from bob woodward, speaker boehner...
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obama is expected to nominate his chief of staff jack lew to be the secretary of treasury. lieu was the director of the office of management and budget during the clinton administration. back then he helped negotiate a balanced budget deal with congress. if confirmed lew will replace timothy geithner. and labor secretary hilda solis announced she is resigning. she's expected to return to california. she's running for board on the county board of supervisors. three are staying on. eric holder, kathleen sebelius and eric shinseki are staying on. >>> this year's deadly flu outbreak is worsening nationwide. the flu is so bad in boston the city has declared a public health emergency. free vaccinations are now being offered. ines ferre has our report. >> reporter: the flu hasn't been this bad in boston for years, more than 700 cases have been confirmed so far and statewide 18 people have died. city health officials are preparing for it to get worse. >> in the last two weeks alone we've doubled our number. so if we continue this rate to see new cases, we'll have an explosion of fl
obama is expected to nominate his chief of staff jack lew to be the secretary of treasury. lieu was the director of the office of management and budget during the clinton administration. back then he helped negotiate a balanced budget deal with congress. if confirmed lew will replace timothy geithner. and labor secretary hilda solis announced she is resigning. she's expected to return to california. she's running for board on the county board of supervisors. three are staying on. eric holder,...
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tell us about jack lew. >> jack lew is the chief of staff known as a tough negotiator, someone who the president has complete trust in. in fact, when he was announced as the white house chief of staff the president talked about the trust that he had in him, talked about how he had taken a part in helping to right the ailing economy. this is also someone who has worked in a couple of administrations as the budget chief in this administration and the clinton administration and helped to cut the 1997 balanced budget deal. so the white house sees him as someone with a lot of experience, ready to take on some of the big challenges over the treasury department as we are facing the so-called mini cliffs, the big one, the debt ceiling, something he will have to deal with right away. >> when is the formal announcement of the nomination expected and another partisan fight down the road? >> very well could be. we have been trying to nail it down. all we have from sources is that it will happen sometime this week mptd not certain if that is tomorrow or friday or over the weekend but it will happen
tell us about jack lew. >> jack lew is the chief of staff known as a tough negotiator, someone who the president has complete trust in. in fact, when he was announced as the white house chief of staff the president talked about the trust that he had in him, talked about how he had taken a part in helping to right the ailing economy. this is also someone who has worked in a couple of administrations as the budget chief in this administration and the clinton administration and helped to cut...
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jack lew, women qualified for the positions? absolutely. >> do you believe that there is some meeting happens right now to try to appropriately deal with this? i mean, no one wants the job just based on the gender or color. you want to say i earned my way in this and we know the realities of doors opened and closed in our nation's past to women, to people of color. do you think given the situation, the exposure there's serious talk behind the scenes at the white house? >> absolutely. i think that's right. there's some serious talk about how to fill out the rest of the cabinet. you saw the white house rush to essentially say, hey, wait a minute, we have the folks staying. holder and sebelius but to me in some ways they weren't in tune to this initially going in to this and only speaks to the lack ofdy rersty. no one in that room to say, listen, maybe we have a problem with the optics with rolling out all of these white male candidates. >> last thing i'd say, tamron, look. this is important. we want to create good role models for
jack lew, women qualified for the positions? absolutely. >> do you believe that there is some meeting happens right now to try to appropriately deal with this? i mean, no one wants the job just based on the gender or color. you want to say i earned my way in this and we know the realities of doors opened and closed in our nation's past to women, to people of color. do you think given the situation, the exposure there's serious talk behind the scenes at the white house? >>...
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it's hard to know where to begin. >> jack lew has a symbolic squiggly signature. if he cares about his legacy if he cares that people can read his handwriting, he'll adjust his handwriting and be more transparent. >> the white house won't say whether or not lew will work on his penmanship. they say it's easy to forge. not a comforting thought when you think about a treasury secretary. if you're thinking, well, my signature has issues of its own. nobody has asked me to be treasury secretary and definitely never will. >> thank you, major. what's interesting about this is why does he sign his name that way? >> i don't know, charlie. i was trying to figure out which is the j, which is the "a." you can't tell. do you think he'll change >>> we drink coffee in the >>> we drink coffee in the morning to help us wake up. did you know that coffee might also fight off depression? we'll show you how many cups you may need to stay happy next. >>> and tomorrow cbs news investigates an outbreak of legion nars disease y. would they imply that veterans families are to blame? that's
it's hard to know where to begin. >> jack lew has a symbolic squiggly signature. if he cares about his legacy if he cares that people can read his handwriting, he'll adjust his handwriting and be more transparent. >> the white house won't say whether or not lew will work on his penmanship. they say it's easy to forge. not a comforting thought when you think about a treasury secretary. if you're thinking, well, my signature has issues of its own. nobody has asked me to be treasury...
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hilda soleis announced she will be leaving, and jack lew will be nominated to replace tim geithner. >>> a developing story north of the border, residents in canada are pleading or outside help to rescue a group of whales trapped in sea ice. right now, the mammals are gathered around a single hole in the ice. the villagers are can go the canadian government to send an ice breaker quickly top a team from the canada fishery department is expected to arrive today. >>> now, for a look at the weather. it is kind of depressing, hopefully, they fare okay. dylan dreyer is here with the weather. >> thank you, good to be back. weatherwise, the east coast enjoying a really nice january thaw. in fact by the time we get to the weekend, temperatures wl be well above average perhaps as much as 20 degrees. right now, we're talking about a lot of rain and it's falling around louisiana especially. yesterday, we picked up two to three inches of rainfall across parts of eastern texas. now, that heavy rain is going to sit over louisiana, through arkansas and eventually push into kentucky and tennessee and
hilda soleis announced she will be leaving, and jack lew will be nominated to replace tim geithner. >>> a developing story north of the border, residents in canada are pleading or outside help to rescue a group of whales trapped in sea ice. right now, the mammals are gathered around a single hole in the ice. the villagers are can go the canadian government to send an ice breaker quickly top a team from the canada fishery department is expected to arrive today. >>> now, for a...
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here is jack lew's signature, it really is. and here is what jack lew's signature would look like on a dollar bill. not everybody can have the style of john hancock. it was once said that the president had the handwriting that neared that of an illiterate. and of course, there is this, that signature? it may be more legible than jack lew, tim geithner's signature became the very neat, very legible cursive in the right-hand corner. tim geithner said he was forced to change his signature before it was fit to print. richard wolfe, when i was chief of staff at the senate finance committee, we of course had to confirm treasury secretary. and i had when i was all done -- this thing was run through the committee. and the question is when exactly is it going to be voted on, on the floor? because it was the floor vote, absolutely guaranteed. the matter of a crowded calendar. it is the floor vote that really does make you treasury secretary. and the guy was in there, doing the job. i kept getting the calls, when is it going to happen. i
here is jack lew's signature, it really is. and here is what jack lew's signature would look like on a dollar bill. not everybody can have the style of john hancock. it was once said that the president had the handwriting that neared that of an illiterate. and of course, there is this, that signature? it may be more legible than jack lew, tim geithner's signature became the very neat, very legible cursive in the right-hand corner. tim geithner said he was forced to change his signature before...
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he is jack lew now chief of staff. he's got one thing in common with the president's last three nominees namely john kerry chuck hagel and john brennan all three are white males. does president obama have a diversity problem or people just being too hard on him again. we'll talk about that and a whole lot more. but first, she's got the latest, today's current news update from lisa ferguson out in los angeles. good morning. >> hey bill. good morning everyone. the white house is gearing up for a fight with the nra in the midst of meetings from obama's new gun violence task force. cnn is reporting that the nra is prepping a hard-hitting ad campaign mounting opposition to possible new restrictions. nra president david keen says the group is mobilizing for a fight and will engage its members. now the white house's plan is to outorganize the nra. president obama is rallying groups of churches, medical organizations and retailers all to build support for new gun regulations. >>> the joe biden-led task force is set to deliver
he is jack lew now chief of staff. he's got one thing in common with the president's last three nominees namely john kerry chuck hagel and john brennan all three are white males. does president obama have a diversity problem or people just being too hard on him again. we'll talk about that and a whole lot more. but first, she's got the latest, today's current news update from lisa ferguson out in los angeles. good morning. >> hey bill. good morning everyone. the white house is gearing up...
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now the biggest question of jack lew and his signature is what is it. coming to a dollar bill near you, this parity of a signature. it belongs to president obama's nominee for secretary of treasury, the agency responsible for printing the greenbacks which carries lew's signature. it's been called a slinky that has lost its spring. can you even describe this warped row of curly qs as a signature? >> it's a scribble. they don't want people to know who they are. >> reporter: washington knows w who lew is. the most clammest of president obama's chiefs of staff. lew's in line to replace tim geithner. geithner had signature problems too. previous secretaries penned readable if not memorable signatures. geithner told public radio last week india is to blame. >> i took hand riting in india. i probably didn't get the best instruction. >> even if he did, he doesn't know where to begin. >> he has a symbolic strange signature. if he caressing legacy, he'll adjust his signature so that it's less transparent. >> now, for those of you who are wondering, my signature h
now the biggest question of jack lew and his signature is what is it. coming to a dollar bill near you, this parity of a signature. it belongs to president obama's nominee for secretary of treasury, the agency responsible for printing the greenbacks which carries lew's signature. it's been called a slinky that has lost its spring. can you even describe this warped row of curly qs as a signature? >> it's a scribble. they don't want people to know who they are. >> reporter: washington...
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it is jack lew's signature which would appear on the bills in your pocket just like that unless he takes a penmanship lesson from tim geithner, whose signature looked like this until he became treasury secretary and made it legible. secretary of state hillary clinton told reporters today that she is thrilled to be back at work, but she said it is bittersweet because she will soon be stepping down. the secretary said she wouldn't call it retirement, just stepping off the very fast track for a little while. we'll tell you why some of baseball's biggest stars didn't make the hall of fame today. an interview on the lance armstrong investigation is making news. did the cyclist try to buy his way out of a doping investigation? and what could be the worst wildfire in the world right now. when the "cbs evening news" continues. of using toothpaste to clean their denture. but dentures are very different to real teeth. they're about 10 times softer and may have surface pores where bacteria can grow and multiply. polident is specifically designed to clean dentures daily. its unique micro-clean formu
it is jack lew's signature which would appear on the bills in your pocket just like that unless he takes a penmanship lesson from tim geithner, whose signature looked like this until he became treasury secretary and made it legible. secretary of state hillary clinton told reporters today that she is thrilled to be back at work, but she said it is bittersweet because she will soon be stepping down. the secretary said she wouldn't call it retirement, just stepping off the very fast track for a...
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there was word that president obama will nominate his chief of staff, jack lew, to be treasury secretary. while labor secretary hilda solis announced today she plans to resign and insurance giant a.i.g. decided not to join a shareholder lawsuit against the federal government, which gave the company the largest bailout of the 2008 financial crisis. and we have another health story online about how the u.s. ranks in terms of life expectancy. hari sreenivasan has more. >> sreenivasan: the u.s. spends more on health care per person compared to other high-income nations, but that doesn't translate to healthier lives, according to a report from the national academy of sciences. read more about the findings on our health page. and poet richard blanco has been chosen to compose and read an original poem for president obama's second inaugural. he is the first hispanic and first gay poet selected for that honor. you can hear him recite some of his work on art beat. all that and more is on our web site newshour.pbs.org. gwen? >> ifill: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. on thursday, we'll exami
there was word that president obama will nominate his chief of staff, jack lew, to be treasury secretary. while labor secretary hilda solis announced today she plans to resign and insurance giant a.i.g. decided not to join a shareholder lawsuit against the federal government, which gave the company the largest bailout of the 2008 financial crisis. and we have another health story online about how the u.s. ranks in terms of life expectancy. hari sreenivasan has more. >> sreenivasan: the...
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. >> president obama is expected to nominate white house chief of staff jack lew today as the next secretary of the treasury. he is a federal budget expert who is known as a tough bargainerring. if confirmed he takes the job as the administration is preparing for a new confrontation with congressional republicans over debt and deficit. he replaces geithner who is moving back to new york to be with his family. >> the stage is set for the hollywood award season. in an hour the oscar nominations are announced. expect historic based films to get a lot of attention with "argo" and "zero dark 30" and "lincoln" and daniel day lewis will get surely another nomination and jennifer lawrence is also up. keep it here for the oscar nominations coming up after 5:30 like here on the abc7 morning news. we will stream the announcement like at abc7news.com and you can see would wins on sunday, february 24 when the oscars are announced like right here on abc7. seth mcfarland is the host. >> any favorites? >> i like them all. >> so diplomatic. >> mike nicco is not wrong this morning checking out the showers he
. >> president obama is expected to nominate white house chief of staff jack lew today as the next secretary of the treasury. he is a federal budget expert who is known as a tough bargainerring. if confirmed he takes the job as the administration is preparing for a new confrontation with congressional republicans over debt and deficit. he replaces geithner who is moving back to new york to be with his family. >> the stage is set for the hollywood award season. in an hour the oscar...
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jack lew came to d.c. in 1973, 40 years ago and has experience all over town at the office of management and budget, at the state department, in the private sector at citibank and new york university. a white house official passed this along they said throughout his career jack lew has proven a successful and effective advocate for middle class families who can build bipartisan consensus to implement proved policies. jeff sessions from alabama says he does not think jack lew's nomination will be successful. he is steamed that lew appeared before congress two years ago and testified that president obama's budget would not add to the national debt. sessions says and this is a quote. at this time of unprecedented slow growth, high unemployment and huge deficits we need a secretary of treasury that the american people, the congress, and the world will know is up to the task of getting america on the path to prosperity, not the path to decline. jack lew is not that man. if lew's nomination is successful his sig
jack lew came to d.c. in 1973, 40 years ago and has experience all over town at the office of management and budget, at the state department, in the private sector at citibank and new york university. a white house official passed this along they said throughout his career jack lew has proven a successful and effective advocate for middle class families who can build bipartisan consensus to implement proved policies. jeff sessions from alabama says he does not think jack lew's nomination will...
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and jack lew, what an interesting signature this man has. if jack lew, president obama's nominee for treasury secretary gets the gig this scribble may be on all of your money. lew may have the most illegible signature of all time. look at it. it's nothing but a doodle. like nine loops in a row. >> that is something my 2-year-old would do. >> on treasury secretary. yesterday president obama assured the world that the american dollar is, in fact, safe. >> i had never noticed jack's signature. and when this was highlighted yesterday in the press, i considered rescinding my offer to appoint him. jack assures me that he is going to work to make at least one lett lett letter legible, should he be confirmed as secretary of treasury. >> this is what his signature would actually look like on the dollar bill. that's just awful. >> is it third grade when they focus on your handwriting skills and penmanship? maybe he can sit in on a class. >> the treasury secretary wants to audit your class. >>> nine minutes past the hour. yesterday we brought you the l
and jack lew, what an interesting signature this man has. if jack lew, president obama's nominee for treasury secretary gets the gig this scribble may be on all of your money. lew may have the most illegible signature of all time. look at it. it's nothing but a doodle. like nine loops in a row. >> that is something my 2-year-old would do. >> on treasury secretary. yesterday president obama assured the world that the american dollar is, in fact, safe. >> i had never noticed...
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jack lew takeover of the administration's affairs for a new fight with republicans over the nation's debt. >> in the names of one former senator, having him on your team is the equivalent of having a coach of having a player to put somebody at any position and knowing he will do well. >> he has experienced on balancing budgets in the clinton administration. if confirmed, he will replace timothy geithner who led the department to the economic turmoil of the first term. as we told you on thursday, we have -- lew has been criticized for his bad current -- for his bad signature. >> the president even joked about this, saying that he consider rescinding the nomination after seeing the loopy signature. this was posted on buzzfeed. the loops. >> that is a close resemblance to his signature. it is 4:51 right now. 41 degrees. >> a huge surprise for local youth battling brain cancer. it is a story will see only on seven. >> at coming up, going on a trial. we will meet a woman who rejected cosmetics. why she says that she feels more >> good morning, everyone. i am meteorologist jacqui jeras. it
jack lew takeover of the administration's affairs for a new fight with republicans over the nation's debt. >> in the names of one former senator, having him on your team is the equivalent of having a coach of having a player to put somebody at any position and knowing he will do well. >> he has experienced on balancing budgets in the clinton administration. if confirmed, he will replace timothy geithner who led the department to the economic turmoil of the first term. as we told you...
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. >>> president obama will name jack lew for his cabinet. the confirmation process is not expected to be difficult. >>> meantime labor secretary hilda solis is leaving the obama administration. the president calls her a tireless champion for working families but business groups say her efforts were one-sided. >>> today was one of those days that cause to you wonder, was it really january? there were people going for a jog in shorts and playing football. >> we hit 50 today. our average high is 42, so that's a pretty good dee. there is a cold front, though, pushing through. let's start with cities. 48 downtown, 43 gaithersburg, 37 in manassas, 3 in frederick. hagerstown, still 50. 4 in cumberland. satellite/radar combined, a couple of sprinkles. the frontal boundary did not have much moisture. for tonight, everybody clears out. breezy, just chill. >> reporter: yes lows 32 to 40. winds will pick up shortly. we'll come back, shy picture of a false spring and explain what a false spring is. >> thank you, top. >>> we all know the construction head
. >>> president obama will name jack lew for his cabinet. the confirmation process is not expected to be difficult. >>> meantime labor secretary hilda solis is leaving the obama administration. the president calls her a tireless champion for working families but business groups say her efforts were one-sided. >>> today was one of those days that cause to you wonder, was it really january? there were people going for a jog in shorts and playing football. >> we...
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jack lew is reportedly the current's -- could be his nominee. he's currently the chief of staff, also a former budget director, as wel insiders say he's the best person to take on the many looming battles with congress that are coming up, including the battles over the debt ceiling and those pending budget cuts. if confirmed, you'll be seeing a lot more of this. that is jack lew's looping signature on every new green back that is printed. it's been described as a slinky that lost its spring. lew says he'll make his name more legible if he does get the job. >>> and vice president joe biden meets with the nra today as the debate over gun violence intensifies. it could be a tough sell since the group already says it opposes any new restrictions. among those speaking out is new york's governor. andrew cuomo is urging lawmakers in his state to close loopholes on the state's assault weapons ban. >> this is not taking away people's guns. i own a gun. i own a remington shotgun. i've hunted. i've shot. that's not what this is about. it is about ending th
jack lew is reportedly the current's -- could be his nominee. he's currently the chief of staff, also a former budget director, as wel insiders say he's the best person to take on the many looming battles with congress that are coming up, including the battles over the debt ceiling and those pending budget cuts. if confirmed, you'll be seeing a lot more of this. that is jack lew's looping signature on every new green back that is printed. it's been described as a slinky that lost its spring....
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white house chief of staff jack lew is considered the front runner to take over geithner's job. >>> there was plenty of sun today, but we'd like to replace some of that cold with warmth. any chance of that happening, top? >> not really, but at least it's not record setting cold. we're finally kind of where we should be this time of year. we're looking at temperatures on the average side. temps right now are falling like a stone, 33 downtown, 27 in frederick and manassas and 29 in andrews. that's before the wind chill. we'll come back and talk about the wind chill, but for tonight clear, breezy and cold, a two to three blanket night, low temperatures in the 20s. we'll come back, talk about how cold it's going to be tomorrow with the wind and look ahead to playoff sunday. >>> in the 9 news update justin wolfe did not walk out of prison today even though his family was there and they were all hoping for him to get out. wolfe spent more than a decade behind bars convicted of hiring a man to kill a drug dealer in northern virginia, but in 2011 the case was overturned after a key witness took b
white house chief of staff jack lew is considered the front runner to take over geithner's job. >>> there was plenty of sun today, but we'd like to replace some of that cold with warmth. any chance of that happening, top? >> not really, but at least it's not record setting cold. we're finally kind of where we should be this time of year. we're looking at temperatures on the average side. temps right now are falling like a stone, 33 downtown, 27 in frederick and manassas and 29 in...
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>> well, jack lew a favorite of president obama because he has serious knowledge of the federal budgets. he has a no drama style. he has been serving this president in a very high profile capacity since president obama took office as white house chief of staff and before that as the director of the office of management and budget. lew has served as director of those two big jobs. bottom line is we are told that he is well-trusted well regarded here at the white house, shep? >> probably not a household name everywhere but well known in washington, jack lew. >> no question about that certainly with those two high profile jobs here at the obama administration over the past four years has been engaged in some tough negotiations with lawmakers on capitol hill. this photo we are showing you is from new year's eve. is he on the right wearing glasses and a blue tie. and bottom line the top republican on the senate budget committee says while he offered this prediction about the confirmation battle. >> it is a bumpy confirmation process. i think the american people need to know that the secretar
>> well, jack lew a favorite of president obama because he has serious knowledge of the federal budgets. he has a no drama style. he has been serving this president in a very high profile capacity since president obama took office as white house chief of staff and before that as the director of the office of management and budget. lew has served as director of those two big jobs. bottom line is we are told that he is well-trusted well regarded here at the white house, shep? >>...
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perhaps the best clues for that are in an op-ed from two years ago from jack lew. inis entitled "the easy cuts are behind us." the piece absolutely advocates getting out of our debt and getting the debt and deficit under control. but it does so by discussing some cuts in defense and then examples of scaling back things like something called the great lakes restoration initiative. not eliminating it, just cutting it by maybe a quarter of its present cost. a sav
perhaps the best clues for that are in an op-ed from two years ago from jack lew. inis entitled "the easy cuts are behind us." the piece absolutely advocates getting out of our debt and getting the debt and deficit under control. but it does so by discussing some cuts in defense and then examples of scaling back things like something called the great lakes restoration initiative. not eliminating it, just cutting it by maybe a quarter of its present cost. a sav
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. >>> reaction to jack lew's nomination is predictably falling along party lines. most agree lew will be confirmed by the senate. president obama officially nominated him yesterday. he's currently chief of staff. he said he trust lew's friendship and values his judgment. we'll take a quick barack. >>> coming up on the "morning news," life follows art. a snake on a plane clings to a wing on a two-hour flight. we'll find out if there ooh's a hollywood ending when we come back on the "morning news." people don't realize that taxes and health care are connected. the affordable care act means big changes this year... when you file your taxes. i read the whole 900 pages. it literally took me weeks. i will give you a tax and health care review. i know the law. i have the solution... and i can help you figure it out. we're going to see this through together. capella university understands bright students are getting lost in the shuffle. need. and administration's work gets more complex every year. when you look at these issues, do you see problems or opportunities? with an
. >>> reaction to jack lew's nomination is predictably falling along party lines. most agree lew will be confirmed by the senate. president obama officially nominated him yesterday. he's currently chief of staff. he said he trust lew's friendship and values his judgment. we'll take a quick barack. >>> coming up on the "morning news," life follows art. a snake on a plane clings to a wing on a two-hour flight. we'll find out if there ooh's a hollywood ending when we...
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today president obama is expected to nominate his chief of staff jack lew as secretary of treasury. he helped balance a budget deal with congress. if confirmed lew will replace timothy geithner. and hilda solis announced she's resigning. she's leaving for california and is expected to run for board on the county supervisors. eric holder, kathleen sebelius and eric shinseki are staying on. >>> this year's flu outbreak is wiegd. it declared a public health emergency. free vaccinations are now being offered. ines ferre reports. >> reporter: the flu hasn't been this bad in boston for years, more than 700 cases have been confirmed so far and statewide 18 people have died. city health officials are preparing for it to get worse. >> in the last two weeks alone we doubled our number. if we continue this rate to see new cases, we'll have an explosion of flu in the city of boston. we really need to get ahead of this at this point in time. >> reporter: but it's not just massachusetts. cbs confirms the 48 states. >> we're seeing patient volumes and acuity levels greater than the peak of the h1n
today president obama is expected to nominate his chief of staff jack lew as secretary of treasury. he helped balance a budget deal with congress. if confirmed lew will replace timothy geithner. and hilda solis announced she's resigning. she's leaving for california and is expected to run for board on the county supervisors. eric holder, kathleen sebelius and eric shinseki are staying on. >>> this year's flu outbreak is wiegd. it declared a public health emergency. free vaccinations...
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the nomination of jack lew is expected to be announced this afternoon. lew is considered a budget expert. he's had two stints as director of the office of management and budget. >>> afghanistan's president, hamid karzai, will receive full military honors when he visits the pentagon this morning for a meeting with defense secretary leon panetta. he is expected they will -- or it's expected that they will discuss the american troop situation in afghanistan after the nato combat mission officially ends next year. tomorrow karzai meets with president obama. >>> all right, so it won't take long to cover the entire list of new inductees to baseball's hall of fame because there are none. one of the big reasons, of course, the steroid era. baseball writers voted to keep roger clemens, barry bonds and sammy sosa out of the hall of fame for now. i think the biggest injustice was to craig biggio. he came the closest. i think next year he'll get in. >>> check out this fan during last night's college basketball game. look, he shoved unlv guard anthony marshall after
the nomination of jack lew is expected to be announced this afternoon. lew is considered a budget expert. he's had two stints as director of the office of management and budget. >>> afghanistan's president, hamid karzai, will receive full military honors when he visits the pentagon this morning for a meeting with defense secretary leon panetta. he is expected they will -- or it's expected that they will discuss the american troop situation in afghanistan after the nato combat mission...